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Breastfeeding Consultation

Are you looking for breastfeeding help in the comfort of your own home? Nursling Lactation comes to you to evaluate your problems and concerns and to provide evidence-based, breastfeeding information. To learn more about what is included in a home visit, click here.

Breastfeeding Classes

Nurslings breastfeeding classes are interactive, honest, and full of useful information. We will teach you evidence-based techniques that are easy to remember and work. Most of all they are FUN! This is NOT your typical breastfeeding class that the hospital offers. We help you build your support system before baby arrives so you have the confidence and commitment to meet your goals. To find an upcoming group breastfeeding class in Ladera Ranch, CA, click here.

Are you taking a nursing break?
A huge benefit to breastfeeding is that it offers a space to reconnect during a busy day.#breastfeedingistimeless#breastfeedingart
Carl Holsoe (Danish, 1863-1935), Interior with Woman and Child.
[Image: Painting of a seated woman nursing a child near a window. Text: Breastfeeding is timeless.]

In-hospital exclusive breastfeeding rates in the delayed-bath group of mom-baby pairs shot up from 59.8 percent before the intervention to 68.2 percent after the intervention. The study was published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological and Neonatal Nursing.

With a delayed bath, nurses wipe blood off, but then immediately give the baby to mom to be held skin-to-skin, a practice which has many known benefits, including bonding, temperature regulation and promoting breastfeeding.

Are you concerned that your breasts are empty?
While it is normal because of hormonal cycles to have more or less milk during different parts of the day, lactating breasts are never truly empty. Even as you remove milk, your body is still producing more to meet demand.
Also, it is normal for your breasts to begin to feel less full, soft, even empty, after the first 6-12 weeks. Many people have concerns about milk supply after the early weeks because they notice a drop in pumped amounts or they notice that their breasts feel “soft” or “empty”. It is normal for your breasts to feel mostly soft after the first weeks, although if there has been a long stretch without nursing or pumping they might feel a little full and heavy.
Read more here: https://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/breast-fullness/#milksupply#breastfeeding
[Image: Close up photo of water running out of a faucet. Text: Breasts are more like a faucet than a glass of water. While nursing, they are never truly empty.]